Board of Audit (Japan)

The Board of Audit(会計検査院,Kaikeikensain) reviews government expenditures and submits an annual report to the Diet. Article 90 of the Constitution of Japan and the Board of Audit Act of 1947 give this body substantial independence from both cabinet and Diet control.

Board of Audit (Japan)

The Board of Audit(会計検査院,Kaikeikensain) reviews government expenditures and submits an annual report to the Diet. Article 90 of the Constitution of Japan and the Board of Audit Act of 1947 give this body substantial independence from both cabinet and Diet control.

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A new investigation by the BoardofAudit into the Moritomo Gakuen scandal failed to find answers to core questions ... The BoardofAudit spent more than 18 months looking into the scandal ... The board has acknowledged the ministry’s submission of falsified official documents to the ......

The Yomiuri ShimbunIn an audit report for fiscal 2017, the BoardofAudit has released a provisional calculation regarding “macroeconomic indexation,” which serves as a means of curtailing pension benefits ... The BoardofAudit has added social security — an area that greatly ......

The BoardofAudit, forced to reinvestigate a shady deal over state-owned land, lambasted the Finance Ministry for its “illegal” act of submitting falsified documents and for its negotiation tactics concerning the land ... However, the BoardofAudit studied the land and found no justification for the discount based on waste-removal costs....

Last week, the BoardofAudit released inspection results regarding the sale of nationally owned land in Toyonaka, OsakaPrefecture, at a price about ¥800 million lower than the assessed value of the land plot ... said, “The BoardofAudit’s comment must be taken with sincerity.”....

The government overestimated the volume of waste buried on state-owned land it sold to school operator Moritomo Gakuen at a drastic discount, according to the BoardofAudit... Unable to find a sufficient basis for the depth and garbage ratio figures given by the government, the BoardofAudit made its own calculations using a different method....

The BoardofAudit’s investigation into the sale of state-owned land to Moritomo Gakuen, a school operator connected to Prime MinisterShinzo Abe's wife, found no justification for the sharp discount in price, concluding it only happened because of lax procedures ... But the Boardof ......

The BoardofAudit found no justification for the government’s discount of about 820 million yen (about $7.3 million) on state-owned land sold to school operator Moritomo Gakuen in 2016, sources said ... The BoardofAudit is currently investigating the process that led to the sale ......

​Mr Kawato, and his delegation from Japan's BoardofAudit, will meet with President Caldeira and other ECA Members to discuss the Court's work, including recent audit reports such ...BoardofAuditof Japan....